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"Where is the boy tonight?" 

"Not battles, nor treaties, but the life 
of the peoples, will be the chief interest of 
future historians. The unsophisticated 
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CINCINNATI SEES IT THRU 
The Camera's Story 

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How The Great World War Came 

TO THE 

Queen of the West 



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Author o( "Through Turkey and The Balkans" 

"To Newfoundland and Labrador" 

"Turbulent Mexico", Etc. 



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that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know 
that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and 
her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace 
which she has treasured!" 

President Wilson to the Congress of the United States. 



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SINCE SPANISH WAR TIME THE NATIONAL GUARD CONSERVES THE MARTIAL SPIRIT. 

Believing the oceans adequate protection against foreign foes until other defenses might be raised, America, 
since close of the Spanish War, has taken pride in small armies and navies. In Ohio the National Guard alone, almost, 
conserved the martial spirit. Its muster of 1912 was made unique in that it was held within Fort Ancient, the largest 
prehistoric fortification of earth. 13 4 Trench construction. 2 Tents. 

Mexican troubles, fomented by Germany, affect another muster Almost co-incident with the sinking of the 
LUSITANIA, May 1, 1915, Mexico, secretly abetted by Germany, grew daily more troublesome and possibility of 
war lent particular interest to the muster of Ohio National Guardsmen at Yellow Springs, August. 191.5. 5 Cleaning 

leggings. B Morning ablutions. 7 Review. 




THE YELLOW SPRINGS MUSTER OF AUGUST 191-.. 

1 His "Old Oaken Bucket." 2 Tuba-practice. 3 The camp cook. 4 Stretchers before the hospital tent. 

5 Tent-mates. 6 A Mexican war seems imminent. Crowds come in from miles about. 

"That it (Germany) means to stir up enemies against us at our very door, the intercepted note to the German 
Minister at Mexico City is eloquent evidence." — President Wilson to Congress, April 2, 1917. 






COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE. 

Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary having been assasinated by Gabriel Princeps, a Serb, at 
Sarajevo, Bosnia, June 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary opens war upon Servia, and other Continental nations take sides in 
the conflict shortly. 1 2 Closing of exports to these and cessation of imports from the same bring "hard times" to 

Cincinnati and Councilman Mullen opens charity soup-houses. (3) Albert Fisher and aides arrange prop;ram, FOLK- 
LORE OF WORLD-WAR LANDS, for Cincinnati Folk-lore Society, and Marion Reeves and others portray 
Bohemian, (4) Austrian, (5) Magyar, (6) Czech, (7) Russian and (8) Scotch rites. 9 "STAND BY THE PRESI- 

DENT" posters appear everywhere. 10 Cincinnati German players, at ALT NURNBERG bazaar for German 

Red Cross, handcuff unsuspecting visitors and hold such captive until mite-box is filled. 












NATION-WIDE EPfDEMIC OK 'HOOF AND MOUTH DISEASE' AGGRAVATES 

WAR-TIME HIGH COST OF FOOD-STUFFS.' 

November, 1914. 

1 3 Symptoms. These two photographs are from the United States Government reports on the epidemic. Ail 
other pictures in this book are by the author. 2 Up for inspection. 4 5 6 Cleaning and disinfecting at the 

Cincinnati Stock-Yards. 7 After the plague has passed. 












BACKED BY THE HOHENZOLLERN, MEXICO BECOMES STILL GREATER MENACE. 

Troubles with Mexico become daily more serious, arousing the suspicions of the veriest layman to matters diplo- 
matic that some greater Power is somewheres behind. 

When Ohio's National Guard gathered at Camp Willis, in August of 1916, it was with a feeling that they were met 
for actualities and the camp took on a seriousness such as these men had not felt in decades before. The pictures 
are ol the day's work of the Signal Corps of the Guardsmen; including the construction of frames foi a bridge. 
1 Generating the power. 2 Wigwag and heliograph. 3 Taking the message. 4 The buzzer-outfit. 

5 The reel-cart; stringing wires with horses at gallop. 6 Bridge-construction 





12 3 Putting up ths canvas boat, 
police' do their dish-washing. 



•ROUND ABOUT CAMP WILLIS. 

August, 1916. 
4 Ready to march. 5 Ice-cream for Sunday dinner. 6 As the 'kitchen- 




THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND MRS. WILSON VISIT CINCINNATI. 

As brief respite from the growing cares of state, the President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson visit Cincinnati, as guests 
of the City Club, October 26, 1917. At the President's request, a motor-tour of the suburbs is a feature of his program; 
this unique for the thousands of school children deployed at various points along the way. Photos: 1 Completing 

arrangements at City Club headquarters. 2 The President's car to the city. 3 Police escort. 4 One of 

the press automobiles. 5 Industrial workers greet the President. 6 School children on Walnut Hills. 




THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF VISITS CINCINNATI. 

In the car with the President, on his tour of Cincinnati, there were seated President Sykes, of the City. Club; Presi- 
dent Dabney, of the University- and Dr. Condon, the Superintei;ident of Schools. It was in the course of his evening 
address that the President for first tine publi -ally de^lired that "this would be the last great war the United States 
could keep out of." Photos: 1 The Preside itial car in Eden Park. 2 At the University. 

November 7, 1916, President Wilson is re-ele=ted Chief Eteiutive of the United States. 
acterized in Cincinnati by the use (3) of tens of thousands of tin horns on the thoroughfares. 



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"SHOW YOUR COLORS AND STAND BY THE PRESIDENT." 

Through late April and May of 1917 the movement for wearing the colors and mounting such in windows and 
elsewhere as outward sign of "standing by the President" sweeps the Middle West. Flag-raisings, too, become 
popular; not the least attractive such that of the town of North Bend, held near the tomb of William Henry Harrison, 
another Warrior President, on April 22nd of this year. Photos: 1 2 3 4 The North Bend flag-raising' 

5 Selling flaglets on Fifth Street, Cincinnati. G The Harrison Tomb, North Bend. 7 Advertising the latest war- 
song on a local store-window. 




THINGS MARTIAL GREET ON EVERY HAND. 

Already with April 1917, need of guarding Federal property and notably the arteries of communication become 
apparent and the Thiid Ohio Infantry, Colonel Robert Hubler commanding, is sent to Cincinnati; the regiment en- 
camping at Lincoln Park. 1 The park camp. 2 Setting table; the mascot near. 3 Recruiting grows apace. 
One recruiting-station on East Fifth Street employs wee, clay manikins for demonstration purposes. 4 Off duty. 
5 "Don't spill the beans." 6 Posting sentries on a b/idge acrocs the Ohio. 7 At about this time mail-service 
suspends with the Central Powers and official notice is posted in the Federal Building, Government Square. 




RIDE TO TH.Yr^ ^ 'MECHANICS 

NO MARCHES T^;:^:;SS»EsS 
800 CHAUFFEURS 75 mechanics •tiraj 

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WAR-POSTERS BEAUTIFUL APPEAR EVERYWHERE. 

Never has war-time recruiting been emphasized by so endless a variety of attractive and. often, actually beautiful 
posters as characterized America's entrance into this conflict. In addition to posters put out by Government and 
patriotic organizations, private institutions and the churches were far from behind-hand in attesting their loyalty 
in such wise. 1 and 2 Marine-Corps posters. 3 Th? 'Nav'y Girl' poster. 4 Marines beside Army poster 

on Fountain Square. 5 The Church of the Covenant. 6 'Navy' and 'Navy Knitling' posters. 7 A big 

fellow on the Esplanade. 

These posters range in date from May to September, 191T. 





ARMED MEN TRAVERSE THE "BEAUTIFUL RIVER." 

Uncle Sam's gallant soldier boys might well have paraphrased the popular war-song anent the: "Long Way to 
Berlin" with some lines anent its being: "A Long Way to Camp Proctor," but for the splendid excursion steamers 
plying between Coney Island and the Queen of the West. It's no "hike" at all, for a soldier, from Coney to camp or 
from; and with the long river-ride to rest and refresh, the river breezes to cool, the views of both Ohio and Kentucky 
countrysides to delight and the calliope rendering patriotic airs to inspire, Camp Proctor days take on the air of pleasure- 
junket, rather than a phase of grim war. — June, 1917. 



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CAMP PKOCTOR, ABOVE THE OHIO. 

Cincinnati is most fortunate in having on the heights overlooking the Ohio, near Coney Island, Camp Proctor, 
one of the very finest rifle-ranges of the Western world. With the call to arms growing ever louder here-abouts, June 
1917, particularly saw the range put to very best use by the khakied host? of the vicinity. Camp was pitched there 
and, in addition to drill at arms, motorcycle scouts and others found the camp an ideal practice-ground. 
1 2 Teaching to load. 3 Target practice. 4 Awiiting their turn. 5 Learning results from distant targets 

by telephone. 6 The company street. 7 A motorcycle scout. 



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AIDS TO RECRUITING AND PATRIOTIC MOTIVES GREET UPON EVERY HAND. 

I United States Navy recruiting automobiles travel from Cincinnati to surrounding communities; the crews posting 
literature, addressing crowds and, Anally, bringing in the recruits. 2 Private automobiles, decorated accordingly, 

travel the streets of Cincinnati to arouse enthusiasm for enlistment. 3 Motion-theater lobbies are used for recruiting 

and for display of war-trophies to this end. 4 Exhorting the crowds to enlist. Fountain Square. 5 University 
students volunteer and wee sons of the professors don the khaki likewise. Captain Stanley Isaacs, with son of 

Professor Wm. H. Parker, now in service. 6 7 The Kentucky MacDowell Society attests its loyalty by trimming 
the craft employed on its "Olden-Time Canal-BoatParty" in buntings of a style popular in Civil War times. 





"Even as the soldiery of the American Revolution drilled by night beneath the Great New 
England elms for its war for freedom and liberty, so, under the trees of Mt. Auburn and Avondale, — 
sometimes by arc-light, sometimes by moon alone, — the armed men of the Helen Street Armory 
would fit themselves for the still greater war for world-liberty and world democracy." 



An unusual photograph of night drill, obtained by deploying lamps of visitors' motor-cars where rays of street 
arc-lamps fell fullest; along with a very generous use of more usual flash-sheets. May 17, 1917. 
Homes on most distant countrysides mount the flags of the allies. Pisgah, Ohio. 



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SIDE-LIGHTS ON WAR TIMES IN CINCINNATI. 

The War Garden movement leads to utilization of innumerable suburban fields and vacant lots. 1 Cincinnati's 

War Council provides durable signs for back-yard war-gardens. 2 and 3 The poor and lowly till their allot- 

ments in the Blair Avenue tract. 4 and 6 The Boy Scouts, in their camps, make ready for innumerable war- 

time activities. Camp on Indian Hill. 5 The "Carry- Your-Own-Parcel and So-'ave-Men-To-Other-Ends" move- 

ment is interpreted, out Reading wav, as meaning to let the kiddies call for the family's ice supply 7 Even the aged 
'do their bit'. At the Altenheim, or German Old Peoples' Home, corn supplants cannas and caladium in the flower-beds- 




"DOING THEIR BIT." 

1 and 2 Miss Ruth Law, Uncle Sam's only aviatrix, flies at the Decoration Day motor-races at Sharon in the 
interest of aero-recruiting. Miss Law is accompanied by her Belgian trench dog, Poilu. 3 A recruiting camp is 

opened on the Esplanade. 4 A silent warning to traitors. A replica of a New England stocks is erected on Fountain 
Square. 5 Every motorman and conductor does his bit by "mounting signs upon the cars. 6 and 7 Supplying 

Uncle Sam with war telegraphers. On the Superintendent of Schools being advised of the Government's need of 
telegraphers for actual war-service and for replacing men now at front, Miss Mary Conway and Mr. H. Serkowich 
open a free public school for such on Ninth Street and already by second evening this school is filled to capacity. 
May and June, 1917. 




FAKKS AND COMMONS, THE HILLS ABOUT. BEGIN TO THKONG WITH SOLDIERS. 

The Third Ohio Infantry moves from city heart to Eden Park. 1 The Public Library opens a war-service 

branch for the soldiers in the park. 2 In the sundown. 3 Sunday band-concert. 4 and 5 Lebanon turns 

out to greet her soldiers Visitors to The encampment on outskirt,s cf city. Among the "pup tents." 

The Resolution of the 65th Congress declaring a state of war existant with Germany signed by the President 
April 6, 1917. 

Manual of Arms is taught on Westwood Common. 6 Readying to move. 7 Captain Thomas Schmuck 

supervises the drill in stacking arms. 8 Stacking arms. 




GUARDING THE GIANT MUNITION PLANTS WHICH PROVIDE THE SINEWS OF WAR. 

Already by mid-May of 1917 the Government recognized the necessity of protecting the huge munition-plants 
at King's Mill, Ohio, from incendiary or other attacks, and soldiers of the Third Ohio Regiment were sent to supple- 
ment local guards. A pathetic feature of this guarding the powder-mills was the accidental drowning of one of these 
soldiers, while swimming in the Little Miami, May 20, 1917. This man, Lavin Ingram, of Middletown, Ohio, is 
without doubt, the first victim of the Great War to lose his life in the region about Cincinnati. 1 The entry. 2 

Guards of more usual sort. 3 The shot-tower. Bullets attain their pellet-shape through falling, while in molten 

form, from tower-top to base of well below. 4, 5 Where cartridges are made. 6 Searching the Little Miami 

for body of the drowned comrade. May 1917. 




REGISTRATION FOR SELECTIVE DRAFT.— June 5, 1917. 

1 Eligibles register at polling-places. 2 Cards brought to Board of Elections office that evening. 3 Candidates 

scan columns of names and numerals in Cincinnati newspaper 'extras,' July 26, 1917, immediately after drawing at 
Washington. 4 Physical examination of selectives drawn — Avondale Public School. 5 Applicants for the Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps apply at headquarters, Gwynne Building, Cincinnati; the building unique in containing 
largest percentage of glass of any skyscraper of size. 

Trial flights begin at field of the Dayton Wright Company. 6 Wright brothers receiving Congressional medals 

for being first to fly in heavier-than-air-machino 7 Wilbur Wright at Dayton. 8 1917 Wright machine 

returning to hangar. X (Machinery^deleted per U. S. Censorship requirements.) 




THE NATIONAL SURGICAL DRESSINGS FETE IS HELD AT THE ZOO. 

July 12. 1917. 

1 Even the elephant does his bit by drawing crowds to the circus. 2 In the circus parade. 3 Mrs. Henry Hunt 

and little ones, clad in gypsy attire, solicit devotees to palmistry. 4, 6 Society girls sell this and that. 5 A 

demonstration of the making and packing of surgical dressings is a feature of the day. 7 Prof. Van Wye, a 

war-zone refugee, helps at the Big Tent entrance. 8 Toys for the kiddies. 9 Boy Scouts sell homemade 

jellies and preserves. 




RED CROSS AND OTHER EARLY WAR-AID ACTIVITIES. 



1 and 6 Society girls, armed with mite-boxes, solicit for the Red Cross on Fountain Square. 2 Knitting for her 
soldier. 3 The giant cross on Fountain Square indicates the progress of the funds. 4 A typical Red Cross 

First-Aid Kit. 5 Hearne Avenue boys help by distributing Red Cross posters. 




THE FIRST OHIO INFANTRY ENCAMPS AT^CARTHAGE. FAIR-GROUNDS. 

July, 1917. 

1 Mess. 2 Cups for each. 3 Army sanitation. Even dish-water is~scientifically disposed of; being strained 

and the residue then interred. 4 Barracks beneath the grand-stand. 5 Dining al fresco. 6 The chef inspects. 

7 A jolly crowd. 8 Showing the children the camp. 




[THE U. S. GOVERNMENT WILBUR WRIGHT AVIATION-FIELD. -FAIRFIELD, NEAR DAVTON, OHIO. 

July 29, 1917. 

l^Picket line closing the main road to civilians. 2 A few of the hangars. 

THE FIRST OHIO MOVES TO THE SHARONVILLE MOTOR SPEEDWAY. 
(Photos of September 4, 1917.) 

3 Barracks inside metal garages. 4 Inspecting passes at the gate. 3 A portable kitchen. " Made in Cincinnati. 

6 Gifts of magazines are welcome. 7 Checkers. 



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IN COMMAND AT THE SHARONVILLE SPEEDWAY. 



1 Colonel Frederick W. Galbraith, Jr., and Lieutenant Colonel Meyers. 2 The Commander of the "Fighting 

First." 3 "Bob," Colonel Galbraith's famous horse, the gift of the Cincinnati Business Men's Club. 




WITH THE GALLANT FIRST OHIO AT SHARON SPEEDWAY. 
September 4, 1917. 

1 Among the trenches. 2 Sunday visitors. 3 Trench communication, via tunnel. 4 Motorcycle scouts. 

5 Cleaning the gun. 6 The gasoline-shed becomes a guard-house. 7 The keeper of the lights. 







CINCINNATI'S FAREWELL TO HER VOLUNTEERS. 

August 23, 1917. 



1 Governor James Cox bids farewell on behalf of the State. 
raised on Federal Square in the course of the program. 



2 Massed on Government Square. .3 Old Glory is 




THE OFFICIAL FAREWELL TO THE CITY'S VOLUNTEERS. 

(Continued.) 

1 Governor Cox arrives. 2 Veterans of the Civil War head the parade. 3 The officers in command of the 

volunteers. 4, 5 Marching in review. 







THE CITY'S FAREWELL TO HER VOLUNTEERS. 
(Continued.) 

1 Old Glory is showered with contributions to the soldiers' mess-fund. 2 A path of roses is provided. 3 Albert 

Neal, the mascot of the Third Ohio Ambulance Corps. 4, 5 Girl Scouts and Camp-Fire Girls scatter flowers 

in the soldiers' wav. 6 and 7 Individual official farewells are given at intervals along the Square. 




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THE OFFICIAL FAREWELL TO THE CITY'S VOLUNTEERS. 
(Continued.) 

1 Edward M. James, -a grandson of the actor Murdoch, who made famous Read's war-poem, "Sheridan's Ride,"-joins 
Battery E. 2 Ready with more flowers still. 

COLLECTING FOR THE WAR-LIBRARIES FUND. 

3 The Public Library invites donations. 4 Contributions to the mess-fund of the Third Ohio Artillery are accepted 
in the lobby of the Columbia Theater by lock-box. 5 Awaiting contributions at ths main Library Bu-lding. 

6 7 8 Navy and Marine Corps recruiting-posters at the Federal Building. September 30, 1917. 




THE PUBLIC FAREWELL TO THE SECOND QUOTA OF THE CITY'S FIRST CONTINGENT OF SELECTIVES. 

September 19, 1917. 

1 Signs announcing dwellers to have taken service appear on many homes. — Clifton. 2 Marching into Government 

Square. 3 Contingents bear the names of their Local Boards. 4 Cincinnati's War Council marches along — 

Mayor George Puchta, Safety Director Walter Friedlander, Service Director Chas. Hornberger, James Wilson; Herbert 
F. Koch, Assistant Secretary War Council; Councilman Michael Mullen, (Harry Probasco, a speaker of the day, next 
in line); Harry Leyman, Defense Committeeman. 5 Mt. Washington selectives receive comfort-kits from local 

church. 6 Floral tokens are numerous. 7 Cincinnati Home Guards serve as escort. 







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IN THE DAY'S WORK WITH THE FIRST OHIO AT SHARONVILLE. 

September 30, 1917. 

1, 2 Manual of arms. 3 A review of the Ambulance Corps. 4 Watching their colleagues deploy for sham- 

battle. 5 "Butt's Manual." 6 Awaiting orders. 



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DOING THEIR BIT THE CITY ABOUT. 
October. 1917. 

1 Service-flags grace dwellings everywhere; one star for each man with the colors. — L ndon Cou~t, Avondale. 2 3 

The kiddies post placards of the Second Liberty Loan. 4 5 6 Classes in wa--time cjDka.-y for both women and 

girls are held the city over. At Santa Maria Institute, Sister Blandina jives instruct 5n in i/.e preparation of ravioli 
particularly. 







WITH THE FIKST OHIO AT SHARON. 
(Continued.) 



1 2 Vignettes of the Great Sham-Battle. 



September 30, 1917. 



THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE SECOND AMERICAN LIBERTY LOAN IS ON IN OHIO. 

3 The Advertisers' Club and the Salesman's Club open a booth for the sale of bonds on Fountain Square. 4 5 

Posters advertising the loan. October 7, 1917. 







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THE WAR-GARDENS YIELD THEIR HARVEST. 

I Burnett Woods War-Garden. i 
October 7, 1917. 

1 "Cabbages vs. Kings." 2 Improvised bean-poles hang heavy. 3 5 Cincinnati receives her tirst opportunity 

to purchase horse-meat, McMicken and Vine Streets. — October 6, 1917. 4 "Portugese Joe," of University fame, 

helps the young war-gardeners. 6 A modern Jack and the Bean-Stock. 7 United States Secret Service officers 
visit the Cincinnati Volksblatt officially. — October 6. 1917. 







THE WORLD-WAR JUST OVER THE RIVER. 

•ROUND FORT THOMAS, KY., BEFORE FIRST WAR-CLOUDS HAVE GATHERED. 

1910-1914. 

1 The sentry. 2 Captured cannon make convenient lounges. 3 Barracks. 4 The mess hall. 5 Cake for 

Sunday dinner. G Barrack-room tales. 7 The officer's family brings its maid along from the Phillipines, 1913. 

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FORT THOMAS TROOPS PREPARE FOR SERVICE ON THE MEXICAN BORDER. 

SECRET GERMAN MACHINATIONS ARE BECOMING FELT. 

March. 1914. 

1 The Sunday before departure. 2 On the "Military Road" to the Queen' of the West. 3 Billiards. 4 Shear- 

ing for final inspection before departure. 5 The saluting cannon. 6 7 'Round the corrals. 




KENTUCKY'S NATIONAL GUARDSMEN ARE MUSTERED INTO FEDERAL SERVICE AT FT. THOMAS 
A RESULT OF THE MEXICAN SITUATION, OCCASIONED BY GERMANY. 

July, 1916. 



1 The muster roll. 2 3 4 Tent-life, 5 The call to mess. 6 Just after pay-day. 




WITH THE FEDERALIZED NATIONAL GU AH DSMEN OF KENTUCKY ON 

MUSTERING OUT OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE. 
February 11, 1917. 

1 To escape the semi-tropic heat of the border, army hats were cut to fezzes. 2 Mid-winter garb for the sentry. 

3 The prisoner would dine. 4 The Commandant's home, overlooking the Ohio. 5 Taking inventory of canteens. 

6 A cold dinner. 7 Inspecting the tentage. 8 Under guard. 9 Sharpshooters from "Bloody Breathitt." 




UNCLE SAM OPENS MONSTER RECRUITING-CAMP AT FORT THOMAS. 

March 25, 1917. 

1 Enlisting. 2 Baseball on the parade. 3 Carl Wheelock, aged 16, Uncle Sam's youngest soldier, 

the colors. .5 The drill sergeants. 6 Review. 7 Shipping the garment-kits. 



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'ROUND THE Y. M. C. A. HUT' AT FORT THOMAS. 
October 14, 1917. 

2 Letters home. 3 'Round the fire. 4 French lessons via graphophone. 

6 Inside one of the monster cantonments. — October, 1917. ,. 



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'ROUND ABOUT THE FORT THOMAS "ROOKIE" CAMP. 

April 29, 1917. 

1 The Young Men's Christian Association Tent. 2 The first meal of the new recruit. 3 The regulars bring a 

leopard-cat from the Mexican line for mascot. 4 Colored infantrymen. 5 Having a drink on Uncle Sam. 




WITH THE NEW RECRUITS AT THE FORT THOMAS CAMP. 

I Continued.) 

1 Tests for vision. — June 3, 1917. 2 The youngest soldier wins a soft place in the heartsof the cooks. 3 A clos3 

shave. 

CINCINNATI. 
POSTERS FOR THE SECOND AMERICAN LIBERTY LOAN ARRIVE. 

4 Publicity Maniiger Welborne at headquarters, Fourth and Vi.ie. 5 Types posted circa October 12, 1917. 

'•CINCINNATI SEES IF THROUGH." 
6 The publisher and the ?.uthor make initial selection of material for this book, the first municipal record of the G.-aat 
War to be published in America r.r.d probably in the world. — 413 Elm Street. 




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CINCINNATI'S CANDIDATES FOR THE RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS RECEIVE INSTRUCTION- 
FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON, NEAR INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. 

August, 1917. 

1 Awaiting friends at the interurban station. 2 On the barraelt verandas. 3 Study hours. 4 The barracks 

5 V/atching the game. 6 Recreation on the parade. 




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THE POST EXCHANGE AT FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON. 

Major George J. Holden has made the 'Ben HaTison Post Fxchange the model institution of its sort of the world. 
A business of $125,000 a month is transacted; profits being divided among the company funds of the various military 
organizations of the post. I Military books for sale. 2 Major Holden. 3 The Exchange. 4 Stage at 

Exchange-front used for popular entertainments for the soldiers. 5 Major Wilson, a kinsman of tho President, is 
on the Exchange Board. 6 A bit of the huge repair-shop of the Exchange. 




THE SCHOOL OF THE SOLDIER AT FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON. 

1 2 Growing expert at bayonet -thrust. 3 Stringing the wires to stop the foe. 4 Through the entanglements. 

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chiffoniere. 8 Another style of dummy. 9 Idle hours. 




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LATE AFTERNOON CALISTHENICS AT FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON. 

1 Major Koehler, in command, greets a guest. 2 3 4 5 and 6 Physical exercises. 




FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON. 

1 Bringing up the artillery. 2 'Pop' is the popular beverage here. 



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